LeBron Coming East? Yanks Good, Mets Bad; NBA Free Agency; Calls On Mets, Knicks (Hour 2)

Boomer & Gio

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

LeBron James has opted into his Lakers contract, but his agent Rich Paul's statement suggests a desire for a trade, possibly campaigning for Giannis to join the Lakers. This has led to speculation about what the Knicks would offer for LeBron, with one caller even suggesting he become a player/coach. In other news, Aaron Judge hit two homers as the Yankees beat the A's, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. had a home run and a triple. The Mets suffered their most lopsided series defeat in history. As NBA free agency begins, LeBron's future is a hot topic, while callers debated the Mets bringing back Syndergaard and deGrom, and if LeBron would force Bronny on the Knicks if he joined.

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0:00.0	It's the Boomer and Geo podcast from WFAN.
0:04.3	All right, Boomer and Geo coming you live for the Build Ford Tough Studio on the fan
0:09.0	and CBS Sports Network.
0:12.5	All right, so on the surface, you see LeBron James opting into his contract and 52 some
0:19.4	odd million, $52.6 million player option for the 25, 26 season.
0:24.9	You're thinking, okay, you know, LeBron James going to play another season with the Lakers and
0:28.6	going to be there with Luca and that'll be that and maybe he'll retire at the end of the year.
0:32.9	Maybe he'll play another one, who knows.
0:34.8	But then Rich Paul puts out a statement and
0:39.6	man oh man this says
0:41.4	a lot. Quote,
0:43.4	he knows, meaning LeBron,
0:45.2	he knows the Lakers are building for the future.
0:47.6	He understands that. But he values
0:49.7	a realistic chance of winning it all.
0:53.1	We are very appreciative of the partnership we've had for eight years with Jeannie Buss and Rob Polenka
1:00.0	and consider the Lakers a critical part of his career.
1:05.6	He also goes on and says that they will be keeping an eye, and I'm paraphrasing this part, they'll be keeping an eye on,
1:14.3	here we go, we understand the difficulty in winning now while preparing for the future.
1:19.0	Here's the exact quote that wasn't coming up before.
1:21.0	We do want to evaluate what's best for LeBron at this stage in his life and career.
1:25.7	He wants to make every season he has left count.
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